All for naught?

[Jolly]

https://thenewamerican.com/all-for-naught-the-battle-of-peleliu/

[taiwan_girl]

WOw! Interesting story.

[Rainman]

Angering story.

[Aqua Letifer]

Robert Leckie was there. His account of it was horrifying and frustrating.

[George K]

@Aqua-Letifer said in All for naught?:

Robert Leckie

I keep meaning to read his book....

[Aqua Letifer]

@George-K said in All for naught?:

@Aqua-Letifer said in All for naught?:

Robert Leckie

I keep meaning to read his book....

I was a fan. Both for his wordsmithing and his lack of rose-colored recollections.

[Mik]

Was just listening to excerpts from The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II on PBS on my way to the barber. Fascinating view of the fight for Okinawa. The author also wrote Friday Night Lights.